Car structure



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INVENTOR BY haliazzimya %ZWM ATTORNEY Wh 1%, 13;. E SCHELLENTRAGER 1 $111 CAR STRUCTURE Filed Jan. 5, 1931. 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented May 19, 1936 NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

My invention relates to construction of cars.

Objects of my invention are to carry car bodies in lowermost positions on cars; to locate the dis-charging parts of car bodies in lowermost position; to keep the sides of car bodies free of girders orbeams; to make cars as short as possible; and to locate the car driving motor as far away from the car body as possible.

Other objects will be pointed out more specifically in this specification or will become obvious or apparent or will suggest themselves upon an inspection of the accompanying drawings and this specification.

In many instances, it is quite desirable that car bodies be carried as low as possible on cars to keep the center of gravity of the body and load therein as close to the ground as possible or that the discharge part of the body be located as low as possible to mitigate the formation of dust or breaking up of material during discharge thereof or that sides of the car body be free of beams and the like so that doors or gates thereon can be moved easily and freely for discharge of material from the car body.

In coke quenching cars for instancegit is quite desirable that the coke bedischarged therefrom as close to the ground as possible to prevent excessive breaking up of coke after the same is quenched.

In cars which carry heated materials in the bodies thereof, it is quite desirable that the car driving motor or other motor be located as far away from the heated car body as possible to prevent injury to the motor.

My invention aims to attain desirable features as indicated above.

I attain my objects and advantages by various structures, one of which is illustratively shown in the accompanying drawings and specifically described in this specification.

In the accompanying drawings mentioned above:

Fig. 1 is a side view of a coke quenching car embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the center girder; the section is taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and the trucks are shown as related to the girder.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the car D; the section being taken in a vertical plane indicated by the line 4-4 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an end view of the car.

Fig. 6 is a transverse section taken in a vertical plane indicated by the line 66 in Fig. 1.

Fig. '7 is a perspective view of the car body.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the views.

The trucks A and B may be of any suitable design and may have the swivel supports I0 and side support elements IOI so that the trucks can swivel relative to the herein below described chassis and body thereon.

The chassis comprises the center girder C which extends longitudinally of the car and substan- 0 tially in the middle thereof although it may be located considerably to one side or the. other as car body formation or load carrying may demand.

The girder of the chassis, in this instance, is built up and comprises two laterally spaced dupli- 5 cate longitudinal side members each comprising the end parts or end members I2 and I3 and the part I4 on a level below that of the parts I2 and I3 to form the gap or space CI in the girder for reception of the below described body D and lo- 20 cating the same close to the ground or to locate the center of gravity of the body and load therein as low as possible. The supporting structure between the parts I2 and I3 and I4 comprises the gusset plates I5 and I 6, reinforced by the angle 25 irons I5I, I52, I6I, and I62. The swivel chassis supporting structure III is mounted on the bottom of the parts I2 and engages a complementary structure of the truck A so that the same can swivel relative to the chassis of the car. 30

A structure similar to the structure I 0 is mounted on the bottom of the parts I3 in a similar manner and for the same purpose as the structure explained for the bottom of the parts I 2.

The transverse members or parts I! and I8 ex- 35 tend across the respective ends of the parts I2 and I3 and are secured thereto to space the same laterally. The parts I9 and 2i] are filler parts extending between the parts I2 and I3, respectively, to assist the parts I! and I8 in spacing the parts I2 and I3 laterally. The parts 2I extend laterally from the parts I2 and are secured thereto. The parts 22 extend laterally from the parts I3 and are secured thereto. The parts I! and I8 extend substantially the full width of the chassis and the outer ends of the parts 2| and 22 are flush with the outer ends of the parts I1 and I8. Side bearings C2 are mounted on the bottom of the outer ends of the parts I! and 2I and also on the bottom of the outer ends of the parts I8 and 22. These side bearings contact complementary parts on the respective trucks to steady and prevent tilting of the chassis and the car body relative to the trucks as is usual in such structures.

opening of the gate causes material to slide downwardly on the inclined bottom due to gravity and to discharge through the opening for the gate.

The body D is located between and secured to the girder parts l5 and I6 and on the top of the girder part l4 and is thereby supported mainly on the girder and partly on the side sills J and K by means of the uprights KI and the gusset plates K2 and steadied longitudinally of the chassis by the inclined braces K3 and in such a vertical position that the lower end 26 of the bottom 25 is located as close to the ground as is practical or desired.

The end framing F extends longitudinally outwardly from the part l8 for support of the cab G.

The framings I-I extend longitudinally outwardly from each of the trucks A and B, respectively, to swivel therewith and each has the bumper 2'! on the outer end thereof and forwardly of any part of the truck. 7

This sort of mounting of the bumpers causes the same to swivel with the trucks so that the bumpers are always over the track when a track is used and are always in the path of the truck and forward thereof when the car is in motion either forwardly or backwardly. In the structure shown, the chassis itself does not extend horizontally beyond either one of the trucks so that swiveling of the trucks does not project any part of the chassis, including the cab, materially outside of the path of the trucks. This bumper structure or mounting then will always clear or be in the path of travel of the car even when the car travels in a curved path.

The framing for the motor housing I is supported on the truck B and swivels therewith irrespective of what longitudinal position the chassis takes.

The motor housing, removed as far as possible from the heat radiating body, protects the motor against excessive heat and against water while the car is at a quenching station and affords a ready and convenient means for operators of the car to sit on and be protected by the bumper 21 forwardly thereof while the car is moving from and to a coke oven or a quenching station or a discharge pit.

The bumpers swivel with the trucks and will always meet other cars squarely on the same track irrespective of what longitudinal position the chassis takes.

I am aware that my invention can be applied to cars other than the quenching car specifically shown and described in this application and I am further aware that changes and modifications can be made in the structure and arrangements of parts shown and described within the scope of the appended claims; therefore, without limiting myself to the precise application of my invention as shown and described nor to the precise structures and arrangements of the parts as shown and described,

I claim:

1. A built up girder for a car comprising end members, a middle member below the level of said end members to clear sides of a car body, and reinforced gusset members connecting said end members and said middle member.

2. A built up girder for a car comprising a pair of laterally spaced end members at each end of said girder, a pair of middle members below the level of said end members, and a reinforced gusset member connecting each of said end members, with the corresponding one of said middle members.

3. A built up main girder for a car comprising end members to rest on supports, a middle member below the level of said end members for carrying the bottom of a car body close to the ground, reinforced gusset members connecting said end and middle members, and members extending transversely of and secured to said end members for contact on said supports to prevent excessive tilting of the body and of said girder relative to said supports. 7

EUGENE W. SCHELLENTRAGER. 

